noun:

• homonymy; (two words) having the same pronunciation but bearing different meanings - Linguistics term

noun / ~の noun:

• food offering to the gods
• leftovers; hand-me-downs

expression / noun:

• owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

noun:

• both bare shoulders; stripped to the waist ➜ 片肌

noun:

• day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade

noun:

• residential building in which the first floor is occupied by businesses

noun:

• clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work

noun:

• diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment - four character idiom ➜ 敵は本能寺にあり

noun:

• Imperial regalia (esp. the jewel Yasakani no Magatama) ➜ 八尺瓊勾玉
• emperor's seal

noun:

• winning technique where the opponent is lifted out by his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard - four character idiom

noun:

• "salon" where the hostesses are supposedly part-timers with other jobs - from アルバイト and salon - abbreviation

noun:

• rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car - abbreviation - From English "patrol light" ➜ パトカー

noun:

• prescoring (recording the music or sound effects before filming a scene) - abbreviation

noun:

• ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)

noun:

• cementum (hard connective tissue covering the tooth root); cement

expression:

• (with) only the clothes one happens to wear

noun:

• books printed in Japan by the Jesuits (1590-1612)

noun:

• wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award - Sumo term

expression:

• 10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone - Sumo term

noun:

• the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)

noun:

• annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)